Technically, if you look back far enough, its actaully a traditionally male profession. We have Florence Nightingale to thank for making it a "female profssion" in the 1800s... As far as politically...
assidere replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU
Obviously you are more vaulable in an emergency than the gen surgery or internal med teams, lol... Good thing you came though, and helped the patient out. We have a dedicated PICC team at my facility....
assidere replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU
First of all, to the OP, "saline" doesn't count as a drip, lol. As far as my experience, it was an exercise in futility, trying to save a patient who over-dosed on Calcium channel blockers. Having...
assidere replied to mikethemurse's topic in Correctional
I have considered corrections nursing a couple of times throughout my career. Four years in ICU and on a few occasions I have thought about wanting a change of pace. I haven't pulled the trigger yet,...
assidere replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing
I am hesitant to recommend anyone going into *any* healthcare field right now, until we figure our how the ACA/ObamaCare is going to pan out after full
A little more in-depth, but Welcome | Jeffrey S. Guy, MD, MSc, MMHC is a great resource. Check out the Critical Care Notes and the ICU rounds podcasts. Stuff is a little dated, but still great...
Never had any personal experience in problems with bradycardia. Hypotension on the other hand, is real and has caused problems fairly often for me. We aim for RASS between -2 and -3 (just changed from...
Or they are like me, and just love to run their mouth about unimportant stuff. Which now that I think of it, isn't technically part of report... On a serious note, I am def a type-A when it comes to...
I drive an hour each way, going from a small town and into the big city with a Level I trauma center to work in CICU. When you account for the commute, my "12-hour shifts" are actaully 14.5 hours...
Or big boy nurses, like me... As far as celebrating after owning the NCLEX, I met up with my then-fiance to finish wedding plans Four and a half years later, I am celebrating that she hasn't kicke...
Hi all, I've been a member here for over three years and was very active for the first year or so, and have just been lurking since then. Just wanted to ask a question to those of you that are NPs (or...
We always change our pumps in 1:2 just long enough to get a strip, then change it back. Probably 10 seconds max. Of course we also pause them briefly to ascultate heart/lungs, and make sure to allow a...
Looks like you've got some good replies, but as to the subject of being labeled- "Oh, you're a male nurse!?! They didn't tell me that! I don't want one of those. I need a "regular" nurse who knows...
assidere replied to HurricaneCasRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
The best solution is to do what I did- move to an ICU where most of the patients are sedated and can't eat ice cream But in all seriousness, dealing with families is most of what makes our job so...